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WHO Blasts Chinese Gov't on Bird Flu

Medical staffs dress protective gear during a drill to prevent the risk of bird flu inside a ferry in Hong Kong Wednesday Nov.1 2006. Scientists have discovered a new strain of bird flu that appears to sidestep current vaccines. It is infecting peopl ...
Medical staffs dress protective gear during a drill to prevent the risk of bird flu inside a ferry in Hong Kong Wednesday, Nov.1, 2006. Scientists have discovered a new strain of bird flu that appears to sidestep current vaccines. It is infecting people as well as poultry in Asia, and some researchers fear its evolution may have been steered by the vaccination programs designed to protect poultry from earlier types of the H5N1 flu. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

(AP) -- The World Health Organization said its efforts to track the spread of bird flu have been complicated by the failure of China's Agriculture Ministry to share samples of a newly discovered strain of the virus.




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